Soyuz TMA-03M
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Soyuz TMA-03M is a planned 2011 flight to the International Space Station
. It will transport three members of the Expedition 30
crew to the International Space Station. TMA-03M will be the 112th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft
, the first flight launching in 1967, and the third flight of the modernised Soyuz-TMA-M version. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the Expedition 30 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.
, Russia. Former Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov
officially approved the patch on March 09, 2011. The Soyuz TMA-03M patch was the final patch based on the children's competition that was initiated for the Soyuz TMA-14
flight. The children's project had been organized by Roscosmos Public Relations and in mid 2011 Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center took over the responsibility of the operational aspects of the Soyuz patches.
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
. It will transport three members of the Expedition 30
Expedition 30
Expedition 30 is the 30th and current long-duration mission to the International Space Station . The expedition's first three crew members – Dan Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin – arrived on the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-22 on 16 November 2011, during the last phase of...
crew to the International Space Station. TMA-03M will be the 112th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft
Soyuz spacecraft
Soyuz , Union) is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today...
, the first flight launching in 1967, and the third flight of the modernised Soyuz-TMA-M version. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the Expedition 30 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.
Crew
Soyuz patch
The Soyuz TMA-03M patch was designed by Luc van den Abeelen, partially based on the art by 11-year old Alena Gerasimova from PetrozavodskPetrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some . The city is served by Petrozavodsk Airport. Municipally, it is incorporated as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug . Population:...
, Russia. Former Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov
Anatoly Perminov
Dr. Prof. Anatoly Nikolayevich Perminov is a Russian rocket scientist and a mechanical engineer. He served as the General Director of Russian Federal Space Agency in 2004–2011.-Career:...
officially approved the patch on March 09, 2011. The Soyuz TMA-03M patch was the final patch based on the children's competition that was initiated for the Soyuz TMA-14
Soyuz TMA-14
The Soyuz TMA-14 was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, which launched on 26 March 2009. It transported two members of the Expedition 19 crew as well as spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi on his second self-funded flight to the space station...
flight. The children's project had been organized by Roscosmos Public Relations and in mid 2011 Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center took over the responsibility of the operational aspects of the Soyuz patches.